One Piece: The Eternal Flame

Gray walked to Soap Bubble Park alone. The park was more lively at night. The surface of Shampoo Land was so prosperous and peaceful, and the park was crowded with people. If he wanted to play, he would have to wait in a long line.

"Give me a copy of this." Gray pointed to the small bag of senbei sold at the stall, and for some reason, it seemed more authentic. "The signboard says it is an ancestral recipe, so how old is it?"

"Guest, this special product has been around for as long as Shampoo has existed." The owner of the small stall answered fluently. Although most of what he said was nonsense, he said it vividly and convincingly. "At least it must have a history of hundreds of years. Otherwise, something that is more than ten or twenty years old can be called a special product! Only our Shambord has this thing."

"Thousands of years." Gray smiled and picked up a pack of senbei, "This kind of inheritance feels really good, right?"

"That's right, so we have to keep the good things left by our ancestors intact. The seasoning of the senbei has never been changed."

Gray wanted to buy it, but suddenly remembered that he had spent all his money in the tavern, so he couldn't help putting down the senbei in embarrassment.

The boss was taken aback, a little anxious, "Customer, don't you want to buy senbei?"

Then why are you chatting with me here? It's a waste of time, isn't it?

"I"

"He bought it." Before Gray spoke, someone walked quickly from not far away, and when he got close, the short purple hair and resolute face were clearly revealed.

It was Zefa.

Zefa took out the money and bought a pack of senbei, handed it to Gray and raised his chin on the bench next to him, motioning to speak.

Gray didn't expect Zefa to be in Shambord. He sat down with Zefa and jokingly asked, "You didn't come here to pay me the bill, did you?"

"What are you thinking? I'm here because of a mission."

"The task of traveling to Soap Bubble Park? Why didn't I have such an easy task when I was in the navy?"

"I'm here to find someone." Zefa explained: "There is a tricky thief who appeared near here."

"Big thief?"

"Well, I stole a lot of things." Zefa didn't go into detail about what the thief stole, but it should be very important for him to search overnight. "It's more tricky. She seems to have the ability to hide, so we still don't have a clue."

"That's it." Gray held the senbei in his mouth, looking like he had nothing to do with it, "If I can know more details, maybe I can help you find it, but unfortunately, that's all the information that the navy can disclose to the pirates, right?"

Zefa snorted coldly, "You should ask for more blessings now. In the afternoon, you clashed with members of the Rocks Pirates. Witnesses have already reported it to the Navy. It seems that Marshal Kong is going to arrest you himself."

With a "click", the senbei fell on Gray's pants, leaving some seasonings and then fell to the ground. Gray picked it up within a second of it landing, blew it and stuffed it back into his mouth, as if nothing happened.

Zefa rolled his eyes, "Stop pretending, you panicked just now."

This kid has been like this since before, when he does something wrong or panics, he will pretend to be nonchalant, but in fact his heart has already started to panic.

"He comes as soon as he comes, what does it have to do with me." Gray refused to admit, "He is amazing if he can catch me. By the way, you are a navy, so why tell me this, believe it or not, I will directly report you for adultery with pirates anonymously."

"... Adultery is not used in this way." Zefa said and stood up, "Grey, remember what I told you when I was in Wano Country?"

"Ah, tell me not to die before we meet next time?"

"I never said such a thing!" Zefa said angrily: "What I said is that I will personally send you into the city of advancement."

"That's right, so do you want to fight now?" Gray blinked, "If you fight alone, you will definitely not be able to defeat me. I can wait here for you to find reinforcements~"

"Hmph, I didn't want to do it at this time."

"That's good, I'm also quite afraid that you will find the steel bone."

"Hmph, I still have tasks to do. If your pirate group leaves, you'd better leave as soon as possible. You also know how powerful Marshal Kong is."

Zefa left immediately after speaking, without waiting for Gray's answer.

Gray thought for a while, and got up to leave. He was not yet ready to meet Cyborg again, and they would have to deal with the Rocks Pirates later, so they couldn't involve the power of the Navy.

Walking towards No. 13 of Shampoo, Gray thought, they can actually go to the city of water and wait for the time of Heitan Chanwan, and they can actually do other things. If he remembers well, there should be an ancient weapon in the city of water—the design of Hades.

Just as he was in a trance—he wasn't always using knowledge at any time, Gray didn't notice a black figure suddenly popping up from the dark alley next to him, and the other party threw him to the ground, strands of long hair brushed Gray's cheeks, and a faint fragrance spread into his nose.

Before Gray could see the man's appearance clearly, the man got up and ran away.

"What's the matter?" Gray muttered and got up, looked across the alley, and saw several uniformed sailors running past with guns on the other side.

He suddenly remembered the thief that Zefa mentioned just now, could it be this guy?

Look, look, what is luck, Gray thought gloatingly, Zefa had been looking for someone for a long time but he couldn't find him, and he appeared without even looking.

Just as he was proud, he suddenly noticed that something had changed. The surrounding buildings began to grow larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his clothes gradually grew bigger. He quickly grabbed his trousers, somewhat surprised by his changes.

He got smaller.

So it was the guy who did it just now?
Being put on for some unknown reason, Gray's face turned gloomy. Fortunately, he has no other symptoms except his body shrinking, otherwise it would be really bad.

He closed his eyes, covering his surroundings with the color of knowledge, and soon, he found the guy who hadn't run far.

"Wait, I'll catch it right away!!!" Before the cruel words could be fully released, Gray's feet got caught by his clothes and he fell down.

When I got up again, five or six people surrounded me, smelling of alcohol, and put on a kind smile, "Little friend, what are you doing here alone, where are your parents?"

No. 1-29 of Chambord has human trafficking shops, human auctions and illegal areas. Most of the people who can walk here late at night are human traffickers and pirates. Seeing a child here alone should be dangerous no matter what you think. The starting price for human beings in the auction is 50 Berries. If the slave looks good, the price will be higher.

50 is not much, it is enough for several people to have a good meal together, and it is not easy to catch a child.